Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Roman
The city was founded in or around AD...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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Norman
When York was conquered by William,...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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City Under Siege
At Selby on April 11, 1644, the parl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The White Rose of York
- Fishergate Bar
- Military Belt Fitting
- Cinema Comes to York
- Viking Coins
- King Edward II and York
- First World War Memorial
- Water Lanes
- George Leeman
- Fairfax House
- York Union Gas Works
- Queen Margaret's Arch
- Teaching the Poor
- Our Lady's Row
- John Carr - Architect
- The Female Prison
- Jubbergate
- Crest of York St John College